Contents
1. Using mutt with IMAP
1. configuration
2. problems
1. Move read messages to mbox
2. New mail in a folder just left
3. Authentication realm
2. References
Using mutt with IMAP
====================
configuration
-------------
First, mutt needs to be told to use IMAP. To achieve this, edit '~/.muttrc' (or
a file it 'source's) to contain:
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set spoolfile=imap://user@hostname/INBOX
set folder=imap://user@hostname/
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
problems
--------
Move read messages to mbox
--------------------------
If mutt asks 'Move read messages to /home/$user/mbox? ([no]/yes):'
Your alternatives (to set in '~/.muttrc') are (pick one and ignore the others):
1. don't ask about moving messages, just do it:
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=yes
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
2. don't ask about moving messages and _don't_ do it:
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=no
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
3. ask about moving message, default answer 'yes':
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=ask-yes
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
4. ask about moving message, default answer 'no':
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=ask-no
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------------
New mail in a folder just left
------------------------------
There is a bug with dovecot in <=0.99. It can sometimes make mutt think there
is new email in a mailbox you just
'left'...http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2004-February/002950.html
Authentication realm
--------------------
If you are using IMAP with SASL and get error messages like 'Invalid realm' in
your dovecot log files, try putting this in your '.muttrc' or '/etc/Muttrc]':
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set imap_authenticators="plain"
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
It might be easier however to just put the following in your 'dovecot.conf':
For Dovecot 1.0:
---%<-----------------------------------------------------------------------
auth default {
mechanisms = plain
}
---%<-----------------------------------------------------------------------
For Dovecot 0.99:
---%<-----------------------------------------------------------------------
auth_mechanisms = plain
---%<-----------------------------------------------------------------------
References
==========
* Official mutt homepage [http://www.mutt.org/]
* mutt with IMAP documentation [http://mutt.sourceforge.net/imap/]
* http://jamespo.org.uk/blog/archives/000271.html
(This file was created from the wiki on 2011-01-13 04:52)
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